Not that I'm tired of riding in circles, but...

External Since: Apr 22, 2007 Posts: 89

"Spanky" <smarshallpaul.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> In keeping with the anti-debt theme, there's enough cash on the bar to
> cover the drink of your choosing....
>
> From some digging I've done on the wild world web I can see that in the
> past there are/have been at least three IRLs within an easily workable
> distance for me.
>
> I'm in the north-middle-east of Massachusetts a couple towns form the NH
> border. Nearby routes are 2, 190 south to Worcester, 495S to the Cape and
> north to the beaches, NH Rte3 to points middle north of New England and
> VT. I spend a lot of my non-commuting ride time going west on 2 toward
> North Adams, MA, and/or northwest on 119/123/124/31/101 toward Keene, NH,
> because I like the sparse traffic and nice scenery. I went out for a ride
> one day and found myself at the junction of 119 and 91 near Brattleboro,
> VT. I still had lots of time left in the day so I made the run up 91 to
> White River Junction and then back on 89 through the Nashua area, just for
> shits and giggles. Had a blast just enjoying the 65-70MPH ride. Lost all
> consciousness toward the significance of time and returned home some 6
> hours later, a bit exhausted, but with that smile that only a biker can
> smile when bones are aching and ears are ringing.
>
> An 8 hour day - 6 hour ride one way is no problem to spend an evening
> drinking and a morning sleeping off any overindulgences, although
> admittedly I have no real experience at packing my bike for an overnight
> trip, but I'm willing to give it a go and suffer any stoopidities. A
> couple hours out and a couple hours back for a lunch and a couple of beers
> is also simply lovely.
>
> That puts the CT Vermort, and the pig roast in Halifax, MA in the "there
> and back in a day" category, and the VT Vermort in the "spend the night
> and get hammered category". Since I spent the summer of '79 living in
> Stowe, VT and haven't been back much since, I'd really enjoy touring the
> area for a couple of days on the bike, and having a place to rest my head,
> and share the joy of it. I remember the roads well (not so much which ones
> go where, but more what they are like), and imagine that riding them on a
> sickle is literally hog heaven.
>
> Question is, who is the keeper of the schedules for these events, and are
> they open to all? I'm thinking it's time to make a few trips out of the
> backyard and meet some folks, but I need to plan accordingly, starting
> pretty soon.
>
> Tanks mang...
> -Spanky
> (SP)

The missus and I often take a 300-400 cruise on the weekends, only diff is
we like to stay off the slab and tend to get lost on small country highways.
I got coerced into going to MAMBM one year, and even thought there was a
bunch of AH's there I still had a blast. Went back again last year and
forced the wife to go with, she said it was tolerable too. We will miss it
this year due to other obligations.
MAMBM for us is a ~two day run, 1100 miles, unless Big Stinky is leading,
then it is more like three days. Wink

Many of the regulars go a hell of allot father to show at a IRL. If you show
up, don't expect classical music and drinking tea with yer little pinky
pointing out!

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PoorUB
'05 Ultra Classic

External Since: Feb 17, 2007 Posts: 228

Greg O wrote:
>

> Many of the regulars go a hell of allot father to show at a IRL. If you
> show up, don't expect classical music and drinking tea with yer little
> pinky pointing out!
>

Unless Big Piper's there..

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